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Giant Garden Slug
Limax maximus
37.5455, -77.4234
Field Notes
Description:
Limax maximus, known also as “the giant garden slug,” is an invasive, terrestrial member of the phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda.
Habitat:
The slug is almost always found near human habitation — usually in lawns, gardens, cellars or in other damp areas.
This species is not gregarious. It frequents gardens, damp and shady hedgerows and woods, hiding during the day beneath stones, under fallen trees, or other obscure and damp places. It does however exhibit a decided preference for the vicinity of human habitations, and readily takes up its abode in damp cellars or outbuildings.
In Ireland, this predilection for human dwellings is not exhibited, and the species is restricted to woods and other similar places. It may even be met with almost within high-water mark on the seashore.
Notes:
They are known to harbor the parasite Angiostrongylus Cantonensis, aka. Rat Lungworm Disease.
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